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#Pilot (↑)RankBornPlaceScore (↑)UnitsAircraftAwards*************Notes*************PhotoLinksAuthorComments
25401 Zwittnig, LudwigOblt12/24/1914Klagenfurt, Austria6Stfkpt 1 & 2/JG-3Bf 109G-14
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp
One known victory, his 1st, a P-47 at Roye-Noyon on 20 June, 1944. His 2nd, a B-17 (HSS) on 12 September, 1944, no location given. His 3rd, a P-51 in the Schwalmstadt area on 13 September, 1944. A 4th, a B-17 in the Marnfeld area on 2 November, 1944. He was shot down this same day in a G-14 over Halle, bailing safely. His 5th, same day, another B-17 at Eisleben. A 6th, a LaGG-3 on 3 March, 1945. Added: WIA on 02/11/44 and hospitalized in Halle (CKönig). Alternate spelling: Zwittning. Added: according to a letter of parents of Herbert Zimmermann Zwittnig was killed 3 days before wars end (05/05/45) east of Berlin (CKönig). His wife remarried after the war.

Courtesy Christian König

25402 Krebsbach, ErichUffz1/JG-11 (4/44)Fw 190A Werk # Unk (lost 4/29/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIA 29 April, 1944 per Onlineprojekt Gefallenendenkmäler (D.Drury).
25403 Andreas, HeinrichOblt11/03/22Stukavorschule 1 ('42), Zerstörervorschule 1 (07/42), SG 101 (02-03/43), Erg.SG Deblin-Irena (04-05/43), 11./ SKG 10 (06/43), Lw.Laz. 2/XII (05/44), Zugführer Fsch.Pz.Div. Hermann Göring (08/44), 8./Fsch.Ers.u.Ausb. Brigade Hermann Göring (10/44)FW-190 A5/U8 "H + ZZ" (lost 05/06/43)Wound badgeBadly WIFA on 05/06/43 in an emergency landing near the airfield of Castelvetrano due to lack of fuel after an unsuccessful mission (low visibility) against a ship convey near Cap Bon.CKönig
25404 Simon, Harro-ErnstOblt13/06/02KG 1, Stabstaffel/KG 3 (05/40)Assigned to U.K.-Stellung (unabkömmlich- or indispensable position) on 16/11/41 due to his war-essential or scientific civilian employment. 22/07/42 U.K.-Stellung status extended for 3 more months.CKönig
25405 Balluf, OttoFhrJG 27MIA on 22/02/45 according JG 27 chroniclesCKönig
25406 Kochanek, AlfredFw16./ JG 27KilledInAction (KIA) on 11 February 1945CKönig
25407 Harke, ?OfhrI./ JG 77Bf-109 G "Yellow 4" Werknr. 413 631 (lost)MIA? 07 October, 1944. MIA entry found in an official document dated 21/12/44 from Luftgau-Kommando VI Münster. Headed from Babenhausen to a mission in the Nimwegen area.CKönig
25408 Warsitz, Erich18/10/06HattingenHe-176, He-178Flugkapitän and test pilot for Junkers, later chief test pilot of the Heinkel company WIFA in 1942 , out of flying status for a year. 05-06/12/45 reputedly abducted by the Russians and sentenced to 25 years labor in Siberia at camp 7525/13, subsequently freed by goverment invention. Deceased 12/07/83 in Barbengo/Switzerland.


On the painting Warsitz receives congratulations in the cockpit after the test flight of the world's first jet aircraft, the Heinkel He-176, on 20/06/39. Painting by Hans Liska.

CKönig
25409 Kussel, ?UffzI./ JG 77Fw-190 "Blue 2" Werknr. 170 515 (lost)MIA? 07 October, 1944. MIA entry found in an official document dated 21/12/44 from Luftgau-Kommando VI Münster. Took off from Babenhausen for a mission in the area of Siegen.CKönig
25410 Chudoba, ?UffzIV./ NJG 1Bf-110 "G9 + EY" Werknr. 160 130MIA? with 2 crew on 06 November, 1944. MIA entry found in an official document dated 21/12/44 from Luftgau-Kommando VI Münster. Took off from Dortmund for a mission in the area of Bochum-Düsseldorf.CKönig
25411 Arkenhausen, ?Fw3.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 123Do-17, Ju-88According to the memoirs of Roman Gastager he was regarded as the best flyer in the unit. He flew some airfield rounds with the old plane of Louis Bleriot who crossed the English channel with it in 1909.CKönig
25412 Ziegenbalg, ?OFwLegion Condor, 3(F)/123Ju-88 "4 + AL" (03/41)According to Roman Gastager the oldest pilot in the unit, fought in Legion Condor.CKönig
25413 Herbst, RudiOFwWürzburgJu-52According to Roman Gastager an experienced pilot in the unit, fought in Legion Condor.CKönig
25414 Ziegenbalg, ?OFwLegion Condor, 3.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 123Ju-88 "4 + AL" (03/41)According to Roman Gastager the oldest pilot in the unit, fought in Legion Condor.CKönig
25415 Grosse, HorstHptm11/03/15 (CKönig)Zoppot (CKönig)3/Fliegerzielgesch.-3 (4/44 Schongau)Kl 35 Werk # 3026 "NF + OO" (lost 4/14/44)Added (CKönig): EP (15/02/43)

EK 1 & 2
Flying Operational Clasp in Gold
KIC 14 April, 1944, during a training exersize while training AA gunners. He struck a cable barrier stretched across the Neckar River at Oberndorf am Neckar, Baden-Würtemberg Germany. No burial detail found (D.Drury). Added: he seemed to have been a participant of Olympia 1938 and seemed to have been an aerobatic pilot according pictures before the war (CKönig).
25416 Hövermann, ErnstLtHÖVERMANN, Ernst. 14.10.44 Lt., Stab III./NJG 2 KIA - Ju 88 G-1 (4R+BD) lost vic Berkel near Avenswedde, shot down by Mosquito of 85 Sqdn.Stab III./NJG 2Ju-88 G-1 "4R + BD" Werknr. 712323 (lost)KIA on 14 October 1944 at Berkel and Avenwedde near Gütersloh, shot down by Sqn.Ldr. B.A. Burbank in a Mosquito of 85 Sqdn. Crew: Radop Uffz Werner Stenzel (WIA, formerly in II./NJG 1 as Flieger, see picture)


Stenzel

CKönig
25417 Niedens, JuliusUffz18/12/19Blagoveshchensk, Russia4./ KGr z.b.V. 1 Posen (03-04/42 Demyansk), 16./KG z.B.V. 1 (-04/43), 13./ TG 1 (renamed, 05/43-01/45)Ju-52/3m "G6 + ??" (-1943), He-111 "1Z + ??" and Savoia-Marchetti SM-82 "1Z + ??" (in 1944/45)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (04/01/45)

EP (29/09/44)


EK 1 (09/06/43) & 2 (21/04/42)

Transport Operational Clasp in Gold (22/10/42) with pendant "400" (01/12/44)

Winterschlacht im Osten 41/42 medal (18/03/43)

1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal (Sudentenland medal)

Africa Ribbon
Julius was not the pilot but a Fliegerschütze i.e. gunner. He received the DKiG for the high number of survived combat missions (at least approx. 150+). According to known documents and pictures he flew missions in Russia (Demyansk cauldron with KGrzbV Posen (a school unit ordered to help out), Africa, Greece, Italy and in the Reich from 03/42 to 01/45. On the picture in front of the Acropolis in Greece the pilot of his crew was an experienced Fw or OFw. KG z.b.V. 1 was renamed to TG 1 in May 1943, while his IV Gruppe oF TG 1 was dissolved in the end of 01/45. The document of the Transport Operational Clasp in Gold with 400 pendant (12/44) was signed by Gruppenkommandeur Major Karl-Heinz Schütte. He was shot down several times: once near Belgrade in the Balkans where he was found unconscious hanging in chute from the trees, it took 3 months to get back to the front after hospital stay from concussion. Once he had to land in water with his chute near a small airport at Odessa on the Black Sea. Another time they had to ditch off Sicily on a 20th of April but he was rescued after 16 hours in the sea. Near the end of the war he had to chute again in the Balkans where he and 3 others had to hide in the woods and finally mafe their way to Berlin by train. Out of fear of Partisans they buried their medals. Finally he was taken POW by the Russians. He escaped one of the biggest POW camps (140.000 POWs) after swimming across the River Elbe.There is a good probability that he was the Gunner of Knights Cross Holder OFw Paul Zebhauser. His father Johann was a Christian missionary who was later sentenced to a labor camp & never seen again. Julius mother and her 5 kids (including Julius) fled from Blagoveshchensk to China which is across the border river Amur. There was a book written about this called ‘5 brothers in 4 countries’. They later ended up in Hamburg, Germany around 1938-39. After the war Julius emigrated to the United States on the steamer "Homeland" in 1952. He deceased in 1985 in California, his wife Gisela (born 26/06/26) followed him on 14/05/05 in Sonoma, CA. Source: Kevin Plume, his grandson.


Niedens 2nd from left


Niedens 1st from right


(Images courtesy Kevin Plume - relative )


Images courtesy Kevin Plume - relative

CKönig
25418 Hube, JohannesLt03/01/18Burkstädt/Saxony1./ KGr z.b.V. 1 Posen (03-04/42 Demyansk), TG 4 (07/43), IV. /TG 1 (03/44), Stab IV. /TG 1 (12/44)Ju-52/3m "G6 + ??" (-1943), He-111 "1Z + ??"
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (20/03/44)

EP (26/07/43)


EK 1 (11/04/42) & 2 (03/06/41)

Transport Operational Clasp in Gold (15/06/42) with pendant "300" (01/12/44)

Winterschlacht im Osten 41/42 medal (18/03/43)

1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal with clasp (Sudentenland medal)

Bulgarian Cross to the Order for Bravery 2nd Class

Medaglia commemorativa della campagna italo-tedesca in Africa
He was first a Bordschütze and Bordmechaniker (Gnr and Mech), later a Bordfunker (Radop) and flew with unnamed crew members throughout the entire war in all theatres. >600 combat missions (Frontflüge)

CKönig
25419 Hellmers, JoachimLt17.11.15Dresden W.B.K.4.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 121 (06/43)Ju-88 D-1 "7A + LM" (lost)KIA on 11 June 1943 shot down by Senior LT Batyazhenko of No. 787 IAP (fighter regiment) of 125IAD (fighter division) over Zhitovo village, Arsenyevo area. Gnr was also KiA by explosion of the plane in the air while the Obsv and Radop bailed out and were captured (POW) (Pl.Qu. 6417). The Obsv was probably Lt Konstantin Lehmann (born 10/02/12 in Berlin) who is listed MIA.CKönig
25420 König, HermannHptm d. R.FFS (C) 10 (10/42), Fliegertechnische Schule 3 (03/43)Ju-52 "NK + MK" (badly dam 27/10/42), Do-217 J (dam 21/04/43)WIFA on 27/10/42 by involuntary ground contact in poor weather vic Arezso. WIFA on 21/04/43 when crash-landing at Munich due to pilot error.CKönig
25421 König, HansObltStab/KG (J) 54 (03/45)Me-262 A-1KIA when crashed in the area of Würzburg, cause unknown.CKönig
25422 Kaipf, OskarUffz, later Oberwachtmeister der FlakFlakergänzungsbatterie 4 (02/43)Bf-110
Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords (06/06/39)

EK 2 (14/02/43)
Wound Badge
Medalla de la Campaña Española (1936–1939)
Cruz de Guerra
Holder of the combined Pilot/Observer Badge, later (after an injury?) he served with the Flak.





CKönig
25423 Schellhorn, WalterOfw 3/KGr.z.b.V.-500 (9/38 Spain, 5/42) Ju 52/3m Spanish Cross in Silver (6/6/39), Sp Camp (9/30/38), EK 1 (5/16/42) & EK 2 (n.d.), KVK 2 w/Sw (12/15/40), KVK 1 w/Sw (11/12/41), Bomber Operational Clasp in Brz (11/20/41) This grouping found online at Time Traveler Militaria (12/2024). Included was a photo of four grave markers, suspected of being the crew. I have requested grave marker detail from Dave Ginader. NOTE: This transport pilot was awarded the Bomber clasp.
25424 Bayrle, KarlUffz17/09/22NeuöttingSG
EK 1 & 2
Operational Assault Clasp in Bronze
KIA on 16 July 1944 in Radziechow/ Ukraine

CKönig
25425 Koch, AlfredUffz2/SKG-210 (7/41 Orscha) Bf 110E-2 Werk # 4095 "S9 + DK" (lost 7/26/41) Ground Attack Operational Clasp Evaded Soviet capture 26 July, 1941, when he and his R/O, Uffz Horst Sieland, were sd while returning from a war mission to the Bryansk aerodrone. Alternate spelling: Kopiz. Note: This could be the Uffz Alfred Koch, later in 2/ZG-1, after evading 26 July, 1941 Soviet capture. 2/SKG-210 was redesignated 2/ZG-1 on 4 January, 1942 (D.Drury).
25426 Faller, AloisOblt18/04/17W.B.K. RastattAfrika Cuff06/43 promo to Lt (RDA adjusted to 01.01.42 due to long service). Found as an Oblt on a group picture in 1944 at the birthday party of Knights Cross holder Nöske.


CKönig
25427 Braun, FranzGefr22/02/22DOW he received in Africa on 16/04/43. Might be the entry "Braun" of Erg SKG 10


CKönig
25428 Unertl, OttoFw9./JG 77 (04/41)KIA on 25 April 1941 when shot down by Flak over Nauplion, didn't make it out. Squadron Mate Emil Omert found the grave marked by the British with ' An unknown German pilot' when he erected a wooden cross.CKönig
25429 Hess, Alfons-CarlFw19/09/13TuttlingenFFS A/B 114 Zwölfaxing (06/40)Ar-66 "GV + NG" (most probably)KIFA/ KIC on 20 June 1940 as a flying instructor at Reisenberg, near Vienna on a training flight probably due to pilot trainee error. The trainee was OGfr. Helmut Seiffert who was seriously injured. He was expected to spend about 6 to 8 weeks in the Luftwaffenhospital in Vienna. Hess was buried at Neuer Friedhof Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, grave 47


CKönig
25430 Bogdanski, AlfredFwI./KG 53He-111MIA/ KIA on 20 May 1940 crashed in France. Crew: since 2 pilots (Fw Bogdanski and Fw Herbert Querl) were shot down on that day (Src KG 53 chronicle by Kiehl) the following crew members were part of one of the pilots: Radop Uffz Rudolf Bruckner (MIA/ KIA) or Radop Uffz Alfons Truskowski (MIA/ KIA) or Radop Uffz Albert Schweighardt (KIA), Mech Uffz Georg Wild (MIA/ KIA) or Mech Uffz Georg Wissmeier (MIA/ KIA), Gunr Gefr Helmut Berner (MIA/ KIA) or Flg Eduard Damböck (MIA/ KIA) or Flg Oskar Dorer (MIA/ KIA). Interestingly no Obs were mentioned in the MIA/ KIA list.CKönig
25431 Querl, HerbertFwI./KG 53He-111MIA/ KIA on 20 May 1940 crashed in France. Crew: since 2 pilots (Fw Querl and Fw Bogdanski, Alfred) were shot down on that day (Src KG 53 chronicle by Kiehl) the following crew members were part of one of the pilots: Radop Uffz Rudolf Bruckner (MIA/ KIA) or Radop Uffz Alfons Truskowski (MIA/ KIA) or Radop Uffz Albert Schweighardt (KIA), Mech Uffz Georg Wild (MIA/ KIA) or Mech Uffz Georg Wissmeier (MIA/ KIA), Gunr Gefr Helmut Berner (MIA/ KIA) or Flg Eduard Damböck (MIA/ KIA) or Flg Oskar Dorer (MIA/ KIA). Interestingly no Obs were mentioned in the MIA/ KIA list.CKönig
25432 Buchholz, HeinrichOFw26/01/13Stargard1./KG 53He-111 H-6 "A1 + AL" (lost)MIA on 28 December 1942 at Pleskau (Kiehl chronicle). Crew (all MIA): possibly Obsv + Stfkpt Hptm Ernst Gehrke (20/11/13), Mech OFw Georg Geltinger (05/11/16 in Mittelfranken), Obsv Fw Arno Gross (22/09/18 in Berlin), Gunr OGefr Alfred Bergmann (27/11/17 in Neu-Ulm). LOCS gives crash site in area of Velikiye Luki for Gehrke and VDH for Geltinger and Gross too. VDH lists Bergmann MIA at Orel. All those listed here were MIA on 28/12/42 but with different places. One of these is certainly the Radop, probably Gross though stated otherwise.


ergmann


Geltinger


Gross

CKönig
25433 Betken, HeinzOFwErg.St./LG 1 (Med/ Africa)Ju-88 A-5/trop “L1 + KW” Werknr. 2313MIA on 17/12/41 with entire crew due to Flak during recon sortie off Benghasi (PlQu. 96 00). Crew: Obsv Fw Wilhelm Hanisch (22/03/13 in Nürnberg), Radop Uffz Erich Littmann, Gunr OGefr Johannes Grosche.


Hanis

CKönig
25434 Fröhlisch, ?UffzStukavorschule 1 Bad Aibling (11/41)NAA-64 "CF + YS", "VK + SW", "DS + AP", "DS + PE", "VB + CZ", "DU + VK", "RC + PK", "DV + VT", "PQ + EQ", "KB + ZC, Bü-133 "DE + CC", "SV + VF", "SE +VF, Ju-87 "CB + DC", "DS + PE", "VB + CZ", "BP + KD", "PF+ OH"Flying instructor, the mentioned planes were flown by flying students at the Stukavorschule 1 in 11/41.CKönig
25435 Haas, ?LtStukavorschule 1 Bad Aibling (02/42)Flying instructor, could be Andreas Josef Haas.CKönig
25436 Kittl, GeorgUffz1915Hausham, Upper Bavaria (most probably)Ju-87
EK 2
KIA on 22 April 1942. Crew member unknown.



CKönig
25437 Kern, ?Stukavorschule 1 Bad Aibling (02/42)NAA-64 "KB + ZC"Flying student, name found in the book of Eisenbach "Fronteinsätze eines Stukafliegers".CKönig
25438 Scheller, WalterLt19205.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 14 (1941), 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 14 (01/42)Fw-189 (1941 S.U.), Bf-110 E-3 (01/42)KIA on 22 January 1942 shot down by P-40s NW of Marsa Brega.CKönig
25439 Zirngibl, HansUffz21/05/20Pfaffenberg9./ZG 26Bf-110 F-2 Werknr.5087 (loss)He was the Radop of an unknown pilot and KIA on 1 April 1943 15km E off the island of Maritimo during ditching due to engine trouble. He drowned with his plane (death card)


CKönig
25440 Blume, WalterHptmSonderstaffel/Küstenfliegergruppe 406 (detachment of Küstenfliegergruppe 406 (), Lufttransportstaffel (See) 222Do-26 "P5 + DH" Werknr. 794, BV-222 V2 "X4+BH" (10/42), BV-222 V4 "X4 + DH" (12/42)Do-26 pilot during BoB. Crew in Do-26 during BoB: Obsv Hptm Wilhelm Brockmann (later Maj in 09/43 at Fliegerwaffenschule (See), Mech Fw Francsisi, Mech Uffz Preuschoff (?), Uffz (Herbert?) Ruhnke, Fw Albert. According to F. Kurowski: Seekrieg aus der Luft Uffz Preuschoff was also a pilot in KGr-806 and KIA on 28/08/40.CKönig
25441 Wiest, AntonOfw7/28/19115/KG-76 (6/40)Do 17Z Werk # Unk (lost 6/8/40)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC 8 June, 1940, on a non-operational flight, when his ac crashed and caught fire near Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard,, Seine-Maritime, France, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Lt Dietrich Schmidt, Obs (KIC); Uffz N.Schwab, R/O (POW); Fw Josef Sättele, Flt Engr (KIC) and Uffz Hans Immel, Gnr (or passenger) (KIC). The four deceased are buried in the German War Cemetery at Champigny-St.Andre, Blk 17, Row 24, Gr 1310-1311 (D.Drury).
25442 Plähn, OskarFw2/1/1914Ohe6/KG-2 (5/40 Ober-Olm) Do 17Z Werk # 3613 "U5 + JP" (lost 5/18/40) Bomber Operational Clasp KIA 18 May, 1940, when, during an attack on Saint-Quentin, he was sd by fighters of GC I/6, piloted by Capt Francois Mauvier and Sgt Stanislav Popelka, and crashed west of Chauny, Aisne, France. Remaining crew (designations Unk; all KIA): Uffz Georg Berchtold, Uffz Josef Eisenhut and Uffz Otto Frey. The deceased are buried in Block 2 of the German War Cem. at Fort-de-Malmaison, France, as follows: Fw Plähn, Row 22, Gr 1936; Uffz Berchtold, Row 22, Gr 1935; Uffz Eisenhut, Row 21, Gr 1829 and Uffz Frey, Row 22, Gr 1934 (D.Drury). NOTE: Fw Plähn may not be the pilot, as the positions were not reported.
25443 Müller, ErichFw2/15/1916Naumburg3/KG-76 (6/40)Do 17Z Werk # Unk (lost 6/4/40)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with his entire crew and a passenger, 4 June, 1940, when they crashed due to an unknown cause prior to landing at Cambrai after a transfer flight. The crash location was Flesquieres, Nord, France. Remaining crew (all buried in GWC Bourdon, Fr.): Uffz Karlheinz Hambrecht, Obs (Blk 22, Row 1, Gr 10); Uffz Ludwig Gohr, R/O (22/1/9); Uffz Willi Hartzsch, Flt Engr (22/2/46) and Uffz Walter Pflüger, Mech/Passenger (22/2/47). Fw Müller buried 22/1/9 (D.Drury).
25444 Pitsch, HansOfw5/20/1907Rheinsberg7/KG-77 (9/39 Königgrätz) (1) Do 17 E-1 Werk # Unk "3Z +FR" collides with (2) Do 17E-1 Werk # Unk "3Z + ?R" (both lost 9/1/39)* KIA with five additional crewmen, 1 September, 1939, when, while returning from a mission over Krakow, they were sd at Zurada, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, either by Polish AA fire, or a PZL.P.11c, of the 121st Ftr. Escadrille, piloted by 2/Lt Wladyslaw Gnys. Lt Gnys described firing on the two Dorniers, but did not see them crash, giving rise to the collision notion. However, Lt Gnys is credited as being the first Allied pilot to score a victory in WWII. Remaining crew (ac assignment & pos Unk): Uffz Oskar Finke, Uffz Kurt Klose, Gefr Wilhelm Jannsen, Uffz Georg Reindl and Uffz Josef Ruess. The deceased are buried in the German War Cem. at Siemianowice Slaskie, Blk 2, Row 21 as follows: Ofw Pitsch, Gr 1977; Uffz Finke, Gr 1974; Uffz Klose, Gr 1976; Gefr Jannsen, Gr 1973; Uffz Reindl, Gr 1975 and Uffz Ruess, Gr 1972 (D.Drury). *For now, the pilot names and crew positions, can only be speculation. Rather than losing the data, the event of the two downings, is reported as ONE profile.
25445 Steffen, HeinzOFhr2Sturmstaffel 1 (02/43)Shot down a B-17 on 10/02/43 near Rheine, another B-17 claimed on 11/02/43.CKönig
25446 Dlouhy, GerholdOGefrFFS A/B 121 Straubing, Schülerkompanie FFS B 1 Schweinfurt (03/44)Ju W-34KIFA on 04/03/44 on the last training flight due to fog and misorientation, collided with trees near Hoheim- Fröhstockheim near the Kitzingen airfield. On board also Gefr Göbel (KIFA)CKönig
25447 Kleinecke, WernerHptm. 01.10.41 promo to Oblt. 01.09.44 promo to Hptm. 21.10.44 Hptm. in Stab/3. Jagddivision. 04.45 Hptm., in Abt. Ia (Flieg.)/Lw.Kdo. West.Stab I./ZG 1 (05/40), III./ NJG 1, Stab/3. Jagddivision (10/44), Abt. Ia (Flieg.)/Lw.Kdo. West (04/45)Bf-110 C
EK 2
Wound badge
Operational Clasp in Bronze
WIA/POW on 26/05/40. Failed to return from the Calais area, crash-landed SW of Dunkirk - returned after armistice. Seen on picture with Streib und Göring in Deelen (43-44?). In the subtext his name is given as Kleineke.CKönig
25448 Sibbers, MagnusI./St.G. 3Ju-87 D "S7 + DU" (06/06/43, Megara/ Athen), Ju-87 D R4 "S7 + HV" (08/06/43, Angram), 30/08/43 (Megara)Found in the book by Eisenbach.CKönig
25449 Hofmann, WalterOfw6/12/1913Bartenstein3(F)/10 (5/40)Do 17P Werk # 1091 "T1 + EL" (lost 5/26/40)Observer Operational ClaspWIA/DOW 26 May, 1940, when he was forced to make an emergency landing at Linselles, Nord, France after being attacked by Hurricanes of No.17 Sq., piloted by F/L Capel Adye, P/O Richard Wittaker and P/O Kenneth Manger. Remaining crew: Oblt Hubert Wrba, Obs (KIA) and Uffz Heinrich Oelkers, R/O (WIA/POW). Both deceased are buried in the German War Cem. at Bourdon, Fr.. Ofw Hofmann Blk 4, Row 15, Gr 590; Oblt Wrba, Blk 5, Row 11, Gr 436 (D.Drury).
25450 Tiedemann, ReinholdUffz5/10/1916Berlin8/KG-2 (5/40) D0 17Z Werk # Unk (lost 5/19/40) Bomber Operational Clasp KIA 19 May, 1940, when his ac was attacked by a Bloch 152 of GC I/8, piloted by S/Ldr Jean Ruby, who, after firing upon the Dornier, collided with it, and both fell to the ground at Montepilloy, Oise, France. Remaining crew (desig Unk: Uffz Heinrich Seifart (KIA), Gefr Willi Eckert (KIA) and Gefr Hans Behnke (POW after evading capture for several days). The deceased are buried in the German War Cem. at Beauvais; Uffz Tiedemann in Blk 3, Row 14, Gr 584 and Uffz Seifert in Gr 582. A commemorative plaque for S/Ldr Ruby can be found where he crashed, at La Croix Sainte Jaunisse, Mont L'Eveque (his grave location not found) (D.Drury).
25451 Mirbeth, MartinUffz19224./ Erg. KG (J) (02/45)Fw-190KIA (probably KIFA?) on 25/02/45 in Dobřany (Pilsen-South district) where the FW-190 crashed. According to his obituary he served for 3 years.CKönig
25452 Veit, WalterMajVEIT, Walter. 01.08.41 promo to Hptm. 19.05.43 in 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 121, trf to Luftflotte 4 for further assignment. 05.06.43 Hptm., awarded Ehrenpokal. 04.44 appt Kdr. Lw.Jäger-Btl.z.b.V. 6 (to 13.09.44 KIA). 01.06.44 promo to Maj.1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 121 (-05/43), Luftflotte 4, Kdr. Lw.Jäger-Btl.z.b.V. 6EP (05/06/43)

EK 1 & 2
Recce Operational Clasp in Silver or Gold
KIA by British artillery S of Boreel en Schaft on 13/09/44 as commander of Lw.Jäger-Btl.z.b.V. 6 during Market Garden.

CKönig
25453 Sievers, Max ArthurOfw12/1/1910Stafstedt8/KG-76 (12/39) Do 17Z W e rk # Unk (lost 12/14/39) Bomber Operational ClaspKIA with his entire crew, 14 December, 1939, when attempting a forced landing at Gföhret, 4km NE of Fürstenzell, Passau, Lower Bavaria, circumstances unknown. Remaining crew (desig Unk): Uffz Helmut Georg Neumann and Uffz Franz Xaver Jahrstorfer. Ofw Sievers is commemorated in Marienkirche, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, but no grave located. Uffz Neumann is burie in a comrade's grave (Kriegsgräber Kameradengrab) at Schmalkalden-Eichelbach, Thuringia. Uffz Jahrstorfer is buried in the Waldfriedhof München, Bavaria in Grave126/3/173 (D.Drury).
25454 Morrmann, BernhardUffz01/11/20DammeStGJu-87EP (17/01/44 postm?)
EK 1 & 2
Dive Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold
KIA on 07/09/43 in Russia. The EP was awarded to a Bernhard Moormann /might not be him (though the Golden Op Clasp makes it probable). The obituary states that he rests (rested?) near the airfield of Postischewo NW of Stalino.



CKönig
25455 Rolnik, EwaldFw13.(Z)/JG 5Bf-110 F-2 "LN + " (Kirkenes, summer 42)
EK 1 & 2
at least Destroyer Operational Clasp in Bronze
On picture left Radop Uffz Alfred Arndt.



CKönig
25456 Binzer, JohannUffz5/5/1916RiedIII/KG-53 (12/39 Giebelstadt) He 111H Werk # Unk (lost 12/7/39) Bomber Operational Clasp KIC 7 December, 1939, when his ac stalled on takeoff from Giebelstadt airfield. He took off too steeply and stalled. Also killed, was Oblt Kurt Hülse (geb 4/4/1915, Jarocin Poland), believed to be either the AC Kdr or the Observer. The two unnamed remaining crew were uninjured in the crash. It is unknown if Uffz Binzer was the pilot. Uffz Binzer is buried in the German War Cem. at Treuchtlingen am Nagelberg, Field 1, Grave 12. Oblt Hülse is now buried in Cmentarz Komunalny (Community Cem.), Krosno Odrzanskie, Powiat Krosnienski, Lubuskie, Poland, no further grave location provided (D.Drury).
25457 Wellmann, JürgenLt16/07/23StG 101 (06/43), I./ StG 3 (08/43, Megara), II./SG 10 (11/43)Ju-87 D-3 "S7 + RN" (loss 12/11/43)KIA on 12/11/43 when crash-landed 1 km S of Antimachia on the Isle of Rhodes due to Flak damage.CKönig
25458 Lachmann, PaulOFw9./ StG 3 (dam 14/04/41), I./ StG 3 (08/43)Ju-87 D-3EP (20/10/41),
EK 1 & 2
Wound badge
WIA on (14/04/41) crash-landed on return to Prilep-West from Servia. On Megara airfield in 08/43.CKönig
25459 Kirner, LudwigOFwI./ StG 3 (08/43 Megara)Ju-87 D-3On Megara airfield in 08/43.CKönig
25460 Wedel, WolfgangLt2./St.G. 3, 3./ StG 3 (08-10/43)Ju-87 D-3, Ju-87 D-4 "S7 + OL"Wound badgeWIA on 07/10/43 when hit by ship's flak near Rhodos. He and his Radop Fw Georg Scheller (WIA) were saved from the ocean. On Megara airfield in 08/43.CKönig
25461 Sperling, WalterOFw1./ StG 3 (08/43)Ju-87 D-3
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (26/12/43)
EP (10/08/42)
EK 1 & 2
Dive Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold
A Radop/ Gunr on Megara airfield in 08/43. Might have been the Gunr of Oblt Heinz Weitzel or OFw Theo Flossdorf or Fw Dieter Kretschmar.CKönig
25462 Ulitz, SebastianOblt29/03/15BreslauStG 77 (08/39), Stabsstaffel/ StG 2 (-04/41)Ju-87 B "T6 + BA (loss 18-19/04/41)KIA on 18 or 19 April 1941 crashed SW of Elassonn (30 km SW of Mt. Olympus) - shot down by 80. Sqdn. Buried in warcemetery Dionyssos-Rapendoza, Radop/ Gunr OFw Emil Kuklau (KIA)CKönig
25463 Drösch,Uffz Fliegerwaffenschule (See) -Parow (Fl.Wa.Schule) (9/39 Landfliegerhorst Parow) Do 10 Werk # Unk "S2 + 3K" (lost 9/24/39) Wound Badge, Pilot Badge, Student? Injured in a crash, 24 September, 1939, when, on a training flight, his ac clipped trees after takeoff from FP Parow. He made an emergency landing at Gingst, Pomerania, destroying the ac. Remaining crew (Inj): Flg Winkelmann, Obs Student and Gefr Weller, Grnd Mech (D.Drury).
25464 Gerx, ErichFw10/26/1911Quedlinburg4(F)/122 (9/39 Goslar) Do 17 Werk # Unk "F6 + JK" (lost 9/16/39) Observer Operational Clasp KIC with his entire crew, 16 September, 1939, crashing at Ostel, Lower Saxony, following an engine fire. Remaining crew (desig unk): Uffz Robert Kanngiesser (geb 12/14/1913, Frankfurtam Main) and Uffz Ulrich Wirth (geb 6/4/1914, Ratzeburg). Burials as follows: Fw Gerx, Westerhausen Friedhof, now Saxony Anhalt. Uffz Kanngiesser, Hauptfriedhof, Frankfurt am Main, Row 2, Gr 195 and Uffz Wirth, Friedhof Ratzeburg, Plot C, Row 44/45, Gr 26 (D.Drury).
25465 tester
OP Clasp Assault Bronze


OP Clasp Bomber Bronze


OP Clasp Bomber Gold


OP Clasp Assault Gold


OP Clasp Assault Silver


OP Clasp Destroyer Gold


OP Clasp Destroyer Bronze


OP Clasp Night Fighter Bronze


OP Clasp Destroyer Silver


OP Clasp Bomber Silver


OP Clasp Night Fighter Silver


OP Clasp Night Fighter Gold


OP Clasp Recce Gold


OP Clasp Recce Bronze


OP Clasp Recce Silver


OP Clasp Transporter Gold


OP Clasp Transporter Bronze


OP Clasp Transporter Silver

25466 Möller, LorenzHptm15/10/16Weesby/ FlensburgII./ KG z.b.V. 1 (05/40-02/42)Ju-52/3m
RK (04/02/42)

EK 1 & 2

Transporter Operational Clasp in Gold
Not much known about later Staffelkapitän Lorenz Müller, but he flew over Poland, Norway, Holland, France, Crete/ Greece and Russia. The award of the Knights Cross was also meant to be perceived as an award and honour for the entire transporter units. Due to an illness he had to stop flying and succumbed to this illness on 27/06/44 in a hospital in Westerland/Sylt. He was buried with many attending officials and common people on the cemetery of Weesby.


CKönig
25467 Langenbronn, RobertOGefrII./NJG 1, 9./NJG 5 (04/44)Bf-110 G-2 "C9 + KT " Werknr. 420013 (loss 19/04/44)KIA on 19 April 1944 near Waldbreitbach/ WesterwaldCKönig
25468 Kuttin, ErnstOFw4./NJG1Bf-110
EK 1 & 2

Night Fighter Operational Clasp in Silver (probably acc. to picture)
KIA/ KIFA? on 16 November 1942 when crashed at St. Trond airfieled. Buried in Lommel war cemetery.



CKönig
25469 Oel, H.Uffz5/ZG-76 (9/39) Bf 109D-1 Werk # Unk (lost 9/12/39) Pilot Badge KIC 12 September, 1939, when his ac crashed near Grosselfingen, Baden Württemberg, due to an engine malfunction. No VDK burial detail (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Oelx.
25470 Stranz, KurtFw3(F)/122 (9/39)Do 17P Werk # Unk "F6 + BK" (lost 9/9/39)EP(11/2/42), EK 1 & 2, Observer Operational ClaspPOW 9 September, 1939, when his ac crashed at Lemberg (today Lviv, Ukraine), cause unknown. Remaining crew (POW): Oblt Hans Laurenz Amm, Obs and Uffz Friedrich Schackert, R/O. Oblt Ammx, later Hptm, was Posthumously promoted to Major, was KIA 29 March (or April), 1943. He is buried in the German War Cem. at Bordj-Cedria, Tunisia, in Hof SFA, Ossario 3, Tafel 7 (D.Drury).
25471 Hätscher, KurtUffzIV./ KG 53 (05/42)He-111 H-3 Werknr. 3306KIFA on 07/05/42 when crashed due to accidently striking the ground at airfield Ansbach. Crew (KIA): Gunr OGefr Willibald Lugerbauer (born 1920), Radop Gefr Walter Schimansky, Obsv Gefr Rudolf Wentigmann.


Lugerbauer

rLöw

CKönig
25472 Ludwig, ManfredOFw16/03/07Groß WartenburgII./NJG1, 9./NJG4 (12/44)Ju-88 G-1 "3C + OT" Werknr. 714132 (lost 24-25/12/44)KIA on 24-25 December 1944, shot down at Scharmede, near Salzkotten W of Paderborn. Crew (KIA): Fw. Hans Fischl (06/08/20 in Nöchling, Melk Donau), Uffz. Alois Gorges (21/08/20 in KIerdorf/ Euskirchen), Ogefr Erwin Ledig (14/01/22 in Enkenbach) Kaiserslautern)

CKönig
25473 Krüger, HorstMaj23/05/16Hamburg-AltonaAufkl.Gr. 11 (07/38). Fl.Schule Hildesheim (-04/39) Aufkl.Gr. 10 as Beobachter, 3.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 10 as Beobachter (1940 -04/41), Blindfluglehrgang 2 (01/41-04./1), Nachtaufkl.St. 3. (04-12/41), Generalstab training at the Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow (-08/42). Hptm. 01.09.42 Ia op/X. Fliegerkorps Stab/Lw.-Kdo. Südost (09/42-07/43) Offz. z.b.V., FFS A/B 12 (Prenzlau) (08-10/43). Führerreserve Ob.d.L. (04-08/44), Ia Ref. op 1 Flieg/Gen.St.d.Lw. (-01/45), Ia/1. Jagddivision (-04/45)Ju-88?, Do-217?
RK (04/11/41)

EK 1 (03/06/40) & EK 2 (19/09/39)

Recce Operational Clasp in Silver (30/07/41)
Wound Badge
Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern (30/01/45)
Großes Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der BRD (1973))
Entered service with the Heer (Artillerie) in 1935. 1937 transfer to the Luftwaffe and ordered to Aufkl.Fliegerschule Hildesheim for Beobachter training. 1955 joined the Bundeswehr, retired as a Gen.Maj in 09/73. Deceased 07/04/89 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

CKönig
25474 Scharinger, JosefUffz01/12/18Jageredt/ KopfingK.Gr.z.b.V. 400, 12./ TG 4 (12/43)Ju-52/3m Werknr. 501325
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (12/12/43)

EP (19/11/42)
EK 1 & 2

Transporter Operational Clasp in Gold
Wound Badge
Medaglia commemorativa della campagna italo-tedesca in Africa
Croce Al Valore di Guerra
Cuff title Afrika
Gunner. KIA on 16 April 1944 near Toplitz/Orsova in Romania.


CKönig
25475 Heidrich, WilliUffzNJG 1, 1./ NJG 11Bf-109 G-6 Werknr. 163972 Wilde Sau (lost)KIA in 1944 in area of Wunstorf.CKönig
25476 Krüger, KurtFw13/08/18Lowineck/ Switzerland6./NJG 1, 3./NJG 3Bf-110 G-4 "D5 + FL" Werknr. 440004 (lost)KIA/ KIFA on 14 October 1944, crash landed at the airfield of Schleswig-Land. Buried in Schleswig (Garnisonsfriedhof).CKönig
25477 Wolfsberger, RobertFw22/06/199./KG 27 (01/44)
EK 1 & 2

Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold
KIA/ KIFA on 23/01/44 near Perwomeisk due to involuntary ground contact. Participated in the campaigns against Poland, France, England, Russia.CKönig
25478 Hochholzer, AlfonsOGefr07/04/21Tressalk WeidenAPressath] Militärische Einheit: 11 Staffel K-G 26 Sterbedatum: 9. Mrz 1943 Sterbeort: Wilfsdarf B/Lübeck Identifikationsnummer: G-A 121/100211./ KG 26 (03/43)He was a Radop. His pilot and crew unknown. KIA/ KIFA on 09/03/43 at Wilfsdarf mear LübeckCKönig

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